Hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to Jay Overton, director of golf at Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club in Palm Harbor, Florida, about the reason behind the prestigious facility’s ongoing makeover. “The main thing is we really hadn’t had any capital infusion into the property in years, and over a period of time the technology of the game catches up with some of the older golf courses,” Overton says. LasVegasGolf.com is offering beautiful women as caddies to visiting golfers, says the site’s John DeMarco. “These are professionally trained caddies. They’re females, they happen to ... full post »

Hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to Alejandro Ochoa, brother of world No. 1 women’s golfer Lorena Ochoa, about his company, Ochoa/Hills Golf Design. Rio Secco Golf Club is a bruiser of a Las Vegas golf course, says TravelGolf.com’s Brandon Tucker. “It’s a Rees Jones design, so it’s going to be a very difficult course,” Tucker says. “Everybody knows that Rees Jones it the U.S. Open doctor, if you will.” Former USGA Technical Director Frank Thomas of FranklyGolf.com talks about his new putting studio near Orlando. “The studio is very new,” he says. ... full post »

Hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to noted golf instructor Chuck Evans about helping golfer’s take their game from the driving range to the course. “Most people are scratch or better on the driving range, but they have a degree of difficulty taking it from the practice tee to the golf course,” Evans says. Golf writer John Feinstein talks about his book on the PGA Tour’s qualifying process, “Tales from Q School: Inside Golf’s Fifth Major.” “The players call it the fifth major, so that’s where I got that part of the title,” ... full post »

Hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to Donn Glenn, commissioner of the SortaGolf Association. “The whole SortaGolf movement is founded upon the idea that millions upon millions of frustrated golfers out there are frustrated not because of their fault. The problem is the rules of the game,” Glenn says. “It produces an unsatisfactory experience. We think by making a few common sense rules amendments to the USGA rules of golf, we can create a much more satisfying golfing experience.” TravelGolf.com’s Brandon Tucker talks about Tetherow Golf Club in central Oregon. “It’s just a stunning ... full post »